Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 191

Fingers crossed Wallis is just worrying over nothing.

We’ve plunged into the weekend amidst all the hustle and bustle.

Since I had fallen behind on work for a while, I stuck to my guns and chose to work overtime, as usual.

But halfway through, I got this urgent call out of the blue.

“Are you Jason’s next of kin? Please come to the city hospital right away.”

My heart skipped a beat when I heard that question, and I blurted out, “What’s happened to Jason?

“He’s got a leg injury, and he can barely make heads or tails of what he’s saying. What are your doing still standing there? Get over here, pronto!”

Leg injury? My mind went blank at those words; without hanging around, I bolted from my office.

An hour later, I saw Jason at the ER, whose leg was all wrapped up in bandages.

under his eyes almost told that he

yet, he was the one who

my nose tingled, and I nearly

tried to

over, all heartache, and asked, “What

at me nervously and cautiously mumbled, “It’s nothing,

obviously hiding

nurse sidled up to us; she gave me the once–over, and said, “You’re the patient’s family, huh? What’s the deal here? You leave the

quickly apologized, and only after learning that the heavy object hadn’t damaged his bones did I breathe a

guard. How on earth did he end up getting stabbed in

asked him, Jason hemmed

got this sour feeling inside, and my tone got a bit harsher, “Are you keeping something from

as Jason was about to spill the beans, a piercing and

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you were hurt. How

I’d heard it somewhere before.